Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cellariidae
Alternative spelling: Cellaridae
Parent taxon: Cellarioidea according to D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor 2015
See also Bassler 1953, Berning 2006, Brown 1952, Brown 1956, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1935, Cheetham 1972, Gordon and Taylor 1999, Lee et al. 1997, Pouyet 2000, Schmidt 2003, Squires and Demetrion 1992 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Acerinucleus Atelestozoum Cellaria Cryptostomaria Dimorphocellaria Erinella Escharicellaria Euginoma Hemistylus Larvapora Melicerita Mesostomaria Pseudocellaria Smitticellaria Stomhypselosaria Syringotrema
Type: Cellaria
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (4 collections), Costa Rica (3), Greece (1), New Zealand (5), Panama (1), United States (6: California)
• Pliocene of Antarctica (4), Australia (6), Belgium (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (4), Spain (3), United States (2: California)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (13)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (7), the Czech Republic (13), Egypt (1), France (1), Germany (5), Morocco (2), New Zealand (2), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (5), Ukraine (3)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (11)
• Oligocene of Australia (2), Germany (2), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of New Zealand (5), Tonga (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)
• Cenozoic of Australia (5)
Total: 126 collections including 249 occurrences